UK Sawmill Statistics by Region and Size, 1994-2017

UK sawmill data from 1994 to 2017, released by the Forestry Commission. The dataset covers the number of mills, softwood consumption, and sawn softwood production, broken down by constituent country and mill size. Provisional figures are released in May, with final figures available in September to support national forestry statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in UK softwood production based on annual output figures.
• Compare sawmill industry activity across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
• Assess the market structure of the forestry sector based on mill size breakdowns.
• Model raw material consumption in the wood processing industry based on softwood consumption data.

Strengths

• Data covers a 24-year time series from 1994 to 2017.
• Breakdowns are provided by UK constituent country and by mill size.
• Released twice a year with provisional and final figures.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026-06-29.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Time Range

1994 to 2017

Freshness

Updated twice yearly (provisional in May, final in September).

Geography

United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)